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@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ spirit of its sister project `PyCUDA <http://mathema.tician.de/software/pycuda>`
 * Broad support. PyOpenCL was tested and works with Apple's, AMD's, and Nvidia's 
   CL implementations.
 
-To use PyOpenCL, you just need `numpy <http://numpy.org>`_ and an OpenCL
-implementation.
-(See this `howto <http://wiki.tiker.net/OpenCLHowTo>`_ for how to get one.)
+What you'll need:
+
+*   gcc/g++ at or newer than version 4.8.2 and binutils at or newer than 2.23.52.0.1-10.
+*   `numpy <http://numpy.org>`_,
+*   an OpenCL implementation. (See this `howto <http://wiki.tiker.net/OpenCLHowTo>`_ for how to get one.)
 
 Places on the web related to PyOpenCL: